Water-conveyer.



No. 628,437. Patented July 4, 1899.

H. A. JOHNSON.

WATER GONVEYER.

(Application filed Mar. 27, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. JOHNSON, OF HINDSVILLE, ARKANSAS.

WATER-CONVEYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,437, dated July 4,1899. Application filed March 27,1899. Serial llo.v 710,727. (No model.)

To to whom-it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, HENRY A. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hindsville, in the county of.Madison and State of Arkansas,have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Conveying Water in a Bucketfrom a Source of Supply to a Distant Station, of which the following isa specification.

Heretofore carrier-frames adapted to travel on a cable and propelled bymeans of a winch and rope have been used for conveying bucketstherewith; but such carriers are not adapted for conveying water over ahill intervening between the source of supply and the distaut stationwhere the water is to be used, as contemplated by my invention,that isadapted to be used on hilly ground as well as on a level surface.

My invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in

which- V Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus in position asrequired for practical use in conveying water over uneven ground. Fig. 2is a perspective view of a frame fixed to the post at the top of thehill over which the carrier to which a bucket is suspended must passback and forth upon the double inclined plane produced by a fixed trackthat extends from the point of supply to the point where the water isdelivered. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the carrier adapted to travelupon the double inclined track and to deliver water in a bucket from oneend of the track to the other. Fig. 4 shows a plan View of thearrangement of the operative parts as required to elevate the carrierand bucket by means of the winch and rope after the bucket is emptiedand is to be returned to the other end of the track to be refilled.

The letter A designates a double inclined plane and track formed of acable or rod fixed to suitable supports B and O at its ends andstretched over a suitable frame D, that is fixed to a post F, locatedina central position relative to the supports B and O,to which the endsof the track A are adjustably connected.

A winch H is located at the station and end of the track A, where thewater is to be delivered, and a rope J fixed to the drum of the winchand extended between two pulleys 7t and is, mounted in the top of theframe D. The rope is passed under the pulley It and over the pulley kand from thence extended and connected with the carrier-frame adapted totravel on the track A as required to carry a bucket back and forth fromthe source of water-supply to the station where the water is to be used.

L and L are the uprights of the carrier frame, connected at their, lowerends by a cross-bar L The upper end portions of the uprights. aredoubled downward and terminate in hooks m, that prevent therope fromsagging, and between the doubled portions are'mounted pulleys (notshown) adapted to travel on the track A, as required to suspend andoperate the bucket-carrier on the double inclined plane of the track. AhookP is pivotally and adjustably connected with the cross-bar L of thecarrier-frame in such a manner that a bucket R can be readily detachablyconnected with the hook to be suspended therefrom and carried thereby ina perpendicularposition while the carrier moves up and down over thedouble inclined plane and track A. i

For adj ustably connecting the rope J with the carrier-frame, asrequired to move the carrier in opposite directions, by means of thewinch H, upward alternately on each side of the apex of the track A, abar 5 is fixed to the uprights L and L of the carrier and one end ofthe'bar provided with a lateral projection 8, to which the end of therope is fas tened and the other end of the bar bifurcated to admit therope to be detachably connected therewith by simply placing it betweenthe forks of that end.

In the practical use of my invention when a bucket of water is hung tothe hook P of the carrier at the source of water-supply a person at thestation where the water is to be delivered can by operating the winchdraw the carrier up theinclined plane on the track A far enough so thatthe carrier-frame will winding the rope upon the drum of the Winch theforce will be applied to the said bar s of the carrier-frame, asrequired to draw the carrier-frame and bucket suspended therei from upthe inclined track and over the apex of the track far enough, thecarrier-frame will tilt over the apex anddescend to the source ofwater-supply by force of gravity, as restricted in speed by the operatorwho has hold of the handle of the winch to govern the descent of thecarrier and empty bucket to be filled again. w

It is obvious water can be thus advantageously carried varying distancesand over elevations of various heights as well as over a level surfaceby means of my invention.

From the description of the construction and function of each part ofthe apparatus their cooperation and the utility of my invention will bereadily understood; and

What I therefore claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patenttherefor, is-

1. In an apparatus for carrying water, a single double inclined trackhaving stationary supports at its ends and a support at its apexconsisting of a frame attached to a fixed post and provided with twopulleys in the same horizontal plane at some space apart for directing arope in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

2. In an apparatus for carrying water in a bucket, a carrier-frameconsisting of two uprights rigidly connected by a cross-bar at theirlower ends and their upper ends doubled downward and pulleys mounted insaid double portions and a straight bar having a lateral projection atone end for attachinga rope thereto, and its other end bifurcated, fixedto the doubled portions of the uprights and a hook pivoted to thecross-bar, in com-' bination with a double inclined track and means foroperating the carrier-frame on the track for the purposes stated.

3. An apparatus for conveying water, comprising a cable or rod fixed atits ends to stationary supports on the surface of the ground andconnected at its center with a frame fixed to a post to produce a doubleinclined track fora bucket-carrier to travel back and forth over theapex of the track, pulleys in the frame that supports the track at itsapex for directing a rope, a carrier-frame having pulleys mountedtherein to engage the track and a bar having a lateral projection at oneend for attaching a rope thereto and bifurcated at its other end toadmit a rope, a winch located at one end of the track, a rope connectedwith the winch and extended between the'pulleys in the frame at the.apex of the track and connected with a lateral projection on the bar ofthe carrier-frame, all arranged and combined to operate in the mannerset forth for the purposes stated.

4. The apparatus for conveying water in a bucket consisting of thedouble inclined track A,the end supports B and C, the frame D havingpulleys it and k on a fixed post F, a winch H, a rope J connected withthe winch and a carrier composed of theuprights L, L cross-bar L and abar 3 having a lateral projection at one end and bifurcated at its otherend, two pulleys n mounted in the frame, a hook P pivoted to thecross-bar at the bot tom of the carrier-frame and a bucket R, allarranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth.

HENRY A. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

E. B. CUMMINGS, J. E. WALKER.

